1. Telegraph — 2023-09-23 15:56:52

   … telegraph success from the newspapers in New York, S F B Morse, a painter and electrical experimenter, sailed to Liverpool in May 1838 to see how the Cooke Wheatstone Telegraph worked. Morse was wanting to patent his own simple telegraphic ap…

2. Electric Car — 2023-08-27 16:16:21

   …s a very inventive pioneer in the electrical field. He was responsible for electrifying the London Underground and Blackpool electric Tram. {{Image url="ThomasParkerElectricCar.jpg" class="left" title="Thomas Parker in his Electric Car" width="…
   … for customers like Trafalgar Colliery in the Forest of Dean, for electric lighting in the mine and the tramway in Blackpool. ::c:: == Modern features == The **Elwell-Parker **car was fitted with Parkers high-capacity rechargeable batteries, la…

3. Titanic — 2021-08-20 11:12:19

   …}} === White Star Line 1912 === Perhaps the most famous ship ever built by the White Star Line shipping company of Liverpool England. Work on Titanic started on 31 March 1909, one of three ships called the 'Olympic class'. These magnificent ve…

4. Beatles — 2021-08-20 10:46:43

   …class="right" title="Beatles" width="" }} Probably the most popular and even successful band in history. Formed in Liverpool [[Lancashire]], [[England ]]. === Liverpool England 1961 === Band members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harriso…

5. Scouts — 2021-08-14 20:35:19

   …, '''**Scouting for Boys**''' was published in **1908** after a trial camp 1 to 8 August 1907 on **Brownsea Island**, Poole Harbour, [[Dorset]], where B-P. tried out his ideas on four patrols of boys from London and Bournemouth. Scouting for …

6. Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52

   …nson was hired by other railways, such as the '''Bolton & Leigh.''' But his big triumph came in 1829. The proposed Liverpool & Manchester railway directors held a trial to determine which locomotive to use for their railway. The winner also rec…

7. Sport — 2020-11-30 00:32:47

   …r Times. The earliest nationally formalised rules of play were devised by the GAA in Ireland in 1884. In 1889, the Liverpool & Scottish Rounders Association was formed. It is typically a bat & ball team game. Rounders is still played in Irela…
   …irst year recruits of the Royal Military Academy of Woolwich in England. For many years the game was known as 'Snookers Pool' and was played with a smaller number of balls and to very different scoring rules than the game we know today. It was…

8. Paternoster — 2018-09-18 13:06:34

   …aternoster :: {{Databox caption="Inventor" Image="Head.jpg" Who="Peter Ellis" width="200" born="1805" birth_place="Liverpool" died="1884" death_place="" }} === Peter Ellis - 1868 === ~-[[CategoryIndustry]]::[[CategoryTransport]] Peter Ellis in…
   …stalled the first paternoster lift or elevator in Oriel Chambers, Liverpool in 1868. He was born in Liverpool [[Lancashire]] on 1st August 1805. == The Paternoster Principal == {{Image url="Paternoster.gif" class="left" title="P…

9. Meccano — 2017-05-14 01:23:25

   …Meccano :: {{Databox Image="Frank_hornby.png" Who="Frank Hornby" birth_date="15/5/1863" birth_place="Liverpool [[England]]" death_date="21/9/1936" Invented="Meccano" }} [[CategoryInventions]] == Meccano == Is one of the world's mo…
   …st popular toys. === Frank Hornby 1901 === **Hornby** was born on 15 May 1863 in Liverpool [[Lancashire]], [[England]] and was the son of John Oswald Hornby, and his wife Martha Thomlinson. ||{{{toc}}}||{{amazo…
   …in the new company, leaving Hornby as the sole proprietor. The Meccano factory was relocated to West Derby Road in Liverpool, and in 1910 the famous "MECCANO" logo was commissioned. Meccano Ltd's turnover for the 1910 financial year was 12,000 …

10. Billiards — 2016-06-23 11:09:55

    …Billiards :: [[CategoryInventions]]>[[CategorySport]]== Pocket (Pool) Billiards == {{image url="BilliardTable.jpg" class="right" title="Traditional Billiard Table" width="400" }} The game…
    …ontrol Council** There are a number of pocket billiard games directly descended from English billiards:** - Snooker - Pool (pocket billiards) - Nine-Ball - Cowboy Pool**…

11. Cilla Black — 2016-03-03 14:46:01

    …lack.jpg" class="right" title="Cilla Black" width="400" }} Born Priscilla Maria Veronica White (1943-2015) born in Liverpool [[Lancashire]], [[England]] was a singer whose career began in 1963 under the **[[Beatles]]** manager **Brian Epstein**…
    …. === Liverpool England 1943 === She had hit singles with "Anyone Who Had a Heart" and "You're My World" that both reached number one i…
    …== <<{{amazonad}}<< In 2014 a three-part television drama series, **Cilla**, focusing on her rise to fame in 1960s Liverpool and her relationship with Bobby Willis. ITV aired it in September 2014, starring BAFTA award-winning actress Sheridan S…

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